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Data point for those interested: Just returned from Emigrant Wilderness in CA where temps dropped to 27 degrees. With a full-length RidgeRest, 15-degree rated

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, Oct 2, 2006

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Data point for those interested:

Just returned from Emigrant Wilderness in CA where temps dropped to 27
degrees. With a full-length RidgeRest, 15-degree rated down bag, a down
jacket, fleece top, wool base layer, and two fleece pants, I FROZE.

Next night saw warmer temperatures, low was 35 degrees. I had to shed a
layer of fleece and lose the down jacket because I was COOKING.

Cheers,
K

Dave Womble

Thanks, that is good information. Was there any noticable difference in the wind or the humidity on the two nights and where were you cold at on the first

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, Oct 2, 2006

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Thanks, that is good information. Was there any noticable
difference in the wind or the humidity on the two nights and where
were you cold at on the first night- all over, underside only,
topside only, etc? A few other factors that might be of interest is
the type of hammock, tarp size/shape and whether you used bugnetting.

You might be interested in the info I put together last year, if you
were using a regular RidgeRest it is basically a 5/8" closed cell
pad when comparing what I projected in article 2, "A Look at
Insulation and How Much Is Enough Sleeping in Hammocks". My numbers
are based on personal measurements/experiences, guesswork and
projections based on R-values... I obviously didn't test every
combination I listed and even if I did a lot of it is subjective.

> layer of fleece and lose the down jacket because I was COOKING.
>
> Cheers,
> K
>

jkneilson

Wind was roughly the same. Humidity was a bit higher on the second, warmer night - it even briefly rained. I was cold all over with the exception of where my

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, Oct 2, 2006

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Wind was roughly the same. Humidity was a bit higher on the second,
warmer night - it even briefly rained. I was cold all over with the
exception of where my RidgeRest was, though my flanks were probably
the coldest.

>
> Thanks, that is good information. Was there any noticable
> difference in the wind or the humidity on the two nights and where
> were you cold at on the first night- all over, underside only,
> topside only, etc? A few other factors that might be of interest

is

> the type of hammock, tarp size/shape and whether you used

bugnetting.

>
> You might be interested in the info I put together last year, if

you

> were using a regular RidgeRest it is basically a 5/8" closed cell
> pad when comparing what I projected in article 2, "A Look at
> Insulation and How Much Is Enough Sleeping in Hammocks". My

numbers

> are based on personal measurements/experiences, guesswork and
> projections based on R-values... I obviously didn't test every
> combination I listed and even if I did a lot of it is subjective.
>
> Youngblood
>
> --- In hammockcamping@yahoogroups.com, "jkneilson" <jkneilson@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Data point for those interested:
> >
> > Just returned from Emigrant Wilderness in CA where temps dropped
> to 27
> > degrees. With a full-length RidgeRest, 15-degree rated down bag,